Manifolding book



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Patented Dec. 29, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTHUR H. PHILLIPS, OF HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO,

CANADA MANIFOLDING BOOK Application filed December 19, 1928. Serial No. 326,951.

This invention relates to improvements in record devices, and with relation to some of its more particular features it relates to improvements in record books of the manifolding type such as are ordinarily used in keeping records of sales, and for like purposes.

It is a general object of the invention to provide an improved manifolding book of the class mentioned wherein the record leaves are arranged in a novel manner to facilitate the making of manifold records, and to facilitate and simplify disposal of the several copies, whereby the use of the book is expedited.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved record book of the class mentioned adapted for retaining permanently certain copies in the book for record, while improving the ease and expedition in separating and distributing other copies as desired for the particular transaction for which the book is employed.

A further object is to provide an improved record book of the class mentioned having the advantages mentioned and yet being susceptible of inexpensive manufacture.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved record book of the class mentioned whereby manifolding copies may be made in sets, one or more of which copies may remain permanently in the book for record without in any way obstructing the making of subsequent manifold copies, while others of the manifold copies of the set may be removed as a unit from the book.

Other objects of the invention will be in part pointed out in the following detailed description of certain illustrative, but preferred embodiments of the invention, and will be in part obvious in connection with said description.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing the features, properties,'and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a more complete understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference is had to the following detailed descriptio and to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a manifolding book of the sales book type embodying the invention, certain of the leaves being separated slightly and turned back in order to facilitate the disclosure;

Fig. 2 is a detailed perspective view of one of the plural leaf units;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to Fig. 2, but showing a slight modification;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 6 but showing a modified form of the mamfolding book;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view, similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating a still further modified form of the invention, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the invention similar to that shown in Fig. 5.

Certain of the subject matter of this invention is disclosed and was originally claimed in applicants co-pending application for manifolding books, Serial No. 608,- 620, filed December 23, 1922 issued June 25, 1929, Patent No. 1,718,799. There are, however, some additional embodiments included in the present application and not disclosed specifically and in detail in the prior filed application. This application, therefore, is a continuation in part of the prior filed application mentioned.

Referring to the drawings for a detailed description of the illustrative embodiments of the invention there shown, and first to that embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, a manifolding book is shown having a plurality of sets of leaves 10, 11 and 12. While three leaves are thus shown as embodying a set, it will nevertheless be understood that a different number of record leaves may be used for each set. In this embodiment the leaf is arranged over the others in position to receive the original inscription and this, as well as the other leaves of the set, may be provided with suitable blank forms having spaces for receiving and to facilitate the entry of the data which it is desired to inscribe thereon.

The leaf 11 underlies the original leaf and forms the duplicate leaf, while the leaf 12 underlies the other two and provides the triplicate.

These sets of leaves, of which there may be as many as desired to make a complete book, are bound together in relatively superposed relation in the binding 13 of the book, positioned at one end or side thereof. The leaves and sets of leaves may be bound together in said binding by suitable fastening means such as the staples 14 shown and extending through the stubs or extensions 15 of the record leaves.

A covering or backing may also be provided for the sets of leaves thus bound together, and providing a protection therefor. As shown, this backing includes a back cover 16 and a front cover 17 which may be connected together in any desired manner as by a connecting part-16 extending over the binding 13. The top cover 17 is preferably -flexible as shown and it may be hinged or otherwise flexibly connected so as to be turned backwardly to the position shown inFig. 1 to expose the underlying record leaves for receiving inscriptions thereon. It is designed to overlie and to protect the record leaves when the book is not in use.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2 only the original leaf 10 and triplicate leaf 12 are provided with stub extensions 15 for attachment in the binding 13, the duplicate leaf 11 being detachably attached to the original 10 at a point or at a transverse line of the latter positioned outside of said stub por- -tion 15. As shown, for example, the duplicate 11 is attached to the under face of the original 10 by means of a transversely extending line of adhesive or paste 18. This paste may form a light attachment whereby the duplicate leaf 11 may be readily detached from the original without mutilation of either leaf. Also, a weakened severance line 19 is preferably provided between each leaf 10 and 12 and the supporting or stub portions '15 thereof. These weakened lines may be of any known form, such as lines of partial separation or perforations. It will be observed that the attachment 18 of the duplicate leaf 11 is'positioned outside of the stub portion 15'; that is, on the opposite side of the severance line 19 from the stub.

By means of this arrangement it will be observed that the two leaves 10 and 11, after being inscribed, may be detached along the line 19 and removed from the book together as a unit. These two leaves may then be handled together as a unit and transmitted to the desired accounting departments, and thereafter they may be detached from each other at the attachment 18 thereof and separately disposed of as desired. At the same time the triplicate leaf 12 may be retained in the book and kept there permanently for record.

It will be noticed that the arrangement described permits the retained triplicate leaves 12 to be turned backwardly freely along the' inner side of the front cover-17, as in Fig. 1, since there is no part of the book positioned in such a way as to interfere with this disposition'. As the different sets of record leaves are inscribed and the unitary attached leaves are detached from the stubs 15, the triplicate leaves may be turned back, one after another, in the manner described, and they may thus always be positioned so as to avoid interfer ence with the subsequent entry of inscriptions. I

The stubs 15, from which the leaves are severed, as described, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, are positioned so as to avoid interference with the retained triplicate leaves. It will be observed that the unit formed by the leaves 10 and 11 is positioned above the triplicate leaf 12,,whereby, when the unit is severed and removed, as described, the triplicate may then be freely turned back so as to expose the next succeeding set of leaves.

As shown in Fig. 1, the duplicate leaf 11, which is detachably attached to the original 10, is preferably made of translucent material so that an inscription made on the back thereof can be read upon the front side of the leaf. In this instance, therefore, only a single transfer or carbon sheet 20 is required having transfer material upon both upper and lower faces thereof. This transfer sheet 20 is preferably attached to the book at the outer end thereof, thatis, the end remote from the binding 13. As shown, the transfer sheet may be attached to the inner face of the outer end of the back cover 16 so as to turn about the outer ends of the record leaves. The transfer sheet may thus be swung into position to lie between the adjacent faces of the duplicate 11 and triplicate 12, thus transferring inscriptions to the under face of the former and to the upper face of the latter. If desired, a guard 21 may be provided for the exposed part or turn of the transfer sheet. This guard maybe conveniently attached to the back cover 16. It will be understood that this carbon sheet may be inserted successively between the duplicate and triplicate. leaves of the successive sets.

The carbon sheet 20 may be notched as indicated at 22 at the exposed or turn part thereof to aid in removing it from manifolding position after an inscription has been made. Thus, a pencil or similar pointed instrument may be inserted underneath the carbon sheet through the notch 22, and thereby the sheet may be withdrawn.

Although the triplicate leaves 12 may be permanently retained in the book, as above described, they may, however, be detached along the weakened lines 19 by which they are attached to their perspective stubs 15.

Any one or more of the triplicate leaves may shown in Fig. 2, spots of paste 23, as shown gage with both transfer sheets.

in Fig. 3, may be provided for this purpose. For certain purposes this provides a more satisfactory detachable connection between the original and duplicate leaves. With this exception the embodiment of Fig. 3 is the same as that of Fig. 2.

According to the embodiment of the invention as shown in Fig. 4, two transfer sheets 24 and 25 are used instead of the single transfer sheet of Fig. 1. In this case both of the transfer sheets 24 and 25 are provided with a carbon or transfer material onl on their lower faces, the upper faces thereof being free from transfer material. Also,the duplicate leaf 11 of this embodiment need not be translucent as in Fig. 1, but may be opaque. It will be readily be understood, and as shownin Fig. 4, that the transfer sheets 24 and 25, when in operative position, lie res ectively over the upper surfaces of the duplicate and triplicate leaves 11 and 12 respectlvely. The corresponding parts which are the same in Figs. 4 and 1, bear the same reference numerals, and the construction arran ement and operation of the embodiment of ig. 4will therefore be obvious from the detailed description of Fig. 1, they general arrangement and operation being the same in both embodii ments.

Notches 26 and 27 may be provided in the edges of the carbon sheets 24 and 25 respectively, these being positioned similarly to the notch 22 of Fig. 1 above described, and they are used for a similar purpose. In this case, however, it will be observed that the notches 26 and 27 are preferably positioned to register with each other and that the notch 27 of the underlying sheet 25 is slightly deeper than the notch 26 of the overlying sheet. By means of this arrangement the upper transfer sheet may be removed singly by insertion of a pencil into its notch, or both transfer sheets may be simultaneously removed when the pencil is inserted far enough into the notches to en- In the embodiment of the invention disclosed in Fig. 5 the record leaves are arranged in the manifolding book in sets, shown as sets of three, as in the preceding embodiments. Each set of record leaves, as shown, includes an original leaf 28, a duplicate leaf 29 and a triplicate 30. These are attached to the binding 13 of the book by means of a leaf extension or stub 31, to which the triplicate leaf maybe attached as by a weakened severance line 32 similar to the line 19 above described. Also, the sets of leaves are relatively superposed in the book and attached therein by any preferred attaching means such as the staples 14. This book may also be provided with a cover or back 16", 17 as described above in connection with Figs. 1 and 4. V

However, the record leaves of each set 1n this embodiment are arranged somewhat differently than in the embodiments already described. In this case, preferably, only the triplicate leaf 30 is directly connected to the attaching stub which is bound in the binding 13*, while the duplicate leaf 29 is carried by the outer or free end of the triplicate leaf. As shown, the duplicate 29 is preferably integral with the triplicate 30, or in other words these two leaves are formed of the same sheet of paper which is folded transversely intermediate its length so that the duplicate leaf extends backwardly toward the book binding from the opposite end'of said book. A weakened severance line 33 is preferably provided at the said fold line whereby the duplicate and triplicate leaves may be detached from each other, as desired. It will, therefore, be seen that the duplicate and triplicate leaves will ordinarily be of the same quality, weight, and color of material. As shown in Fig. 5, the duplicate and triplicate leaves will ordinarily be of opaque material, since a transfer sheet is employed for each, but they may be translucent if desired.

At the free end of the duplicate sheet 29, that is the end thereof extending backwardly and disposed in the vicinity of the binding 13', the original leaf 28 is detachably attached. This detachable attachment may be of any desired form as, for example, a line of paste forming alight attachment, as the paste line 18 above described, but preferably spots 34, of paste are utilized for this purpose. One or more paste spots may be employed, a plurality being shown aligned transversely of the record leaves.

This arrangement provides a light attachment for the original leaf 28 which may thus be readily detached from the duplicate 29, so that both original and duplicate may be separately distributed for different purposes, as mentioned above in connection with Fig. 1. It will also be observed that the original and duplicate leaves may be detached together as a unit by severance on the weakened line 33, or all three sheets of each set may be severed together as a unit by severance of the weakened line 32. It will be understood that one or all of the record leaves of each set may be provided with blank forms appropriate for entering the required transaction.

Due to the fact that the original leaf 28 v is thus separately attached to the other leaves I ment enables the relative quality and character of the original leaf to be varied at Wlll from those of the duplicate and triplicate leaves.

As shown in Fig. 5, there may be two carbon or transfer sheets, on sheet 35 being preferably bound into the binding 13' of the book with the sets of leaves, while the other transfer sheet 36 is preferably carried at the opposite end of the book. As shown, the transfer sheet 36 may be supported by the outer end of the book cover 16 in a manner similar to that disclosed in Fig. 1. Both carbon sheets 35 and 36 are preferably provided with transfer material only on the underfaces thereof so as to transfer inscriptions, respectively, to the upper faces of the triplicate and duplicate leaves. The transfer sheet 36 may be notched as at 37 for a purpose as described above in connection with Fig. 1.

VVit-h the arrangement of record leaves and transfer sheets as just described, it will be understood that the transfer sheets may be interleaved in manifolding relation with the leaves of thesucceeding sets. As soon as one set of record leaves is inscribed and removed from the book, the carbons may be readjusted in manifolding relation with the succeeding set of record leaves, and so on.

As shown in Fi 6, the general arrangement of the sets 0 record leaves and of the leaves in each set is the same as disclosed in F 1g. 5 and the corresponding parts are indlcated by the same reference characters. However, in this embodiment only a single carbon sheet 38 is used. This carbon sheet 1s shown as attached to the book bindin 13 and is provided with transfer material lioth on the upper and lower faces thereof, and is disposed to lie between the duplicate leaf 29 and the triplicate leaf '30. With this arrangement, when an inscription is made upon the original leaf 28, transfer is made to the lower face of the duplicate 29 and to the upper face of the triplicate 30. Therefore, the duplicate leaf 29 will ordinarily be of translucent material so that the inscription may be read from the upper face thereof by transmitt-ed light. The advantages and operation of this embodiment will be substantially the same as those for the embodiment of Fig. 5. The original leaf 28 may be of a different quality material than the duplicate and triplicate leaves and will ordinarily be of heavier material than the latter, and may be substantially opaque or more nearly so than the duplicate and triplicate leaves. 7

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted-asillustrative and not in a limiting sense. t'i;

Having described my invention what 1 having a detachable attachment to one of said two leaves near the said stub portion thereof and extending therefrom toward said opposite end of the book so as to be positioned in manifolding relation with the other leaves of the set.

2. A set of record leaves for manifolding books including, in combination, two, record leaves each having stub portions for binding them into the book and having their free ends disposed toward the end of the book opposite said stub ortions, a third record leaf having a detacha le attachment to one of said two leaves near the said stub portion thereof and extending therefrom toward said opposite end of the book so as to be positioned in manifolding relation with the other leaves of the set, said one record leaf having a weakened detaching line adjacent the stub portion thereof, and the detachable attachment of said third leaf being positioned outside of but adjacent to said detaching line whereby two attached leaves may be removed as a unit from the book by severance on said detaching line.

3. .In a manifolding book, in combination, a plurality of sets of record leaves in superposed relation in the book, each said set including two record leaves each having stub record leaf having a weakened detaching line adjacent the stub portion thereof, and the detachable attachment of said third leaf being positioned outside said detaching line whereby two attached leaves may be removed as a unit from the book by severance on said detaching line, said one leaf to which the third leaf is attached being superposed upon the remaining leaf of the set whereby the latter leaf when inscribed may be swun backwardly over the stub portions and retained in the book while exposing the next succeeding set for inscription.

4. A set of record leaves for manifolding books including, in combination, two record leaves each having stub portions for binding them into the book and having their free ends disposed toward the endof the book opposite said stub portions, a third record leaf having a detachable attachment to one of said two I leaves near the said stubportion thereof and extending therefrom toward said opposite end of the book so as to be positioned in manifolding relation with the other leaves of the set, said one record leaf having a weakened detaching line adjacent the stub portion thereof, the detachable attachment of said third leaf being positioned outside of said detaching line whereby two attached leaves may be removed as a unit from the book by severance on said detaching line, and at least one transfer sheet carried by the book and flying from the end thereof op osite the binding and positioned to swing ongitudinally of the book into superposed manifolding relation between adjacent record leaves of each set.

5. In a manifolding book, in combination,

a plurality of sets of record leaves, each said set including a plurality of relatively superposed binding stubs for binding the leaves into the book, one of said leaves of a set having a detachable attachment with one of said stubs overlying another stub of the same set,

another of said leaves of a set being attached to the under surface of said one leaf adjacent its stub, but outside of said detachable at: tachment, and a third leaf of the set being attached with an underlying stub of the same set.

6. In a manifolding book, in combination, I

a plurality of sets of record leaves in superposed relation in the book, each said set including three record leaves, two of which have stub portions, for binding in the book, each' of said two leaves having a weakened detaching line adjacent its said stub portion,

v the third leaf having detachable attachment to the under surface of one of the other two leaves outside but adj acent the weakened detaching line of said one leaf. r

a 7. In a manifolding book, in combination, a plurality of sets of record leaves in superposed relation in the book, each said set including three record leaves, two of which havestub portions, for binding in the book,

one of said two leaves having a weakened detaching line adjacent its said stub portion, the third leaf having detachable attachment to one of the other two leaves outside the weakened detaching line thereof, said three leaves being of opaque, manifolding paper, and a plurality of transfer leaves carried by the book and flyin from the end thereof'opposite the stub. an foldable into position between the leaves of each set.

8. In a manifolding book, in combination, a plurality of sets of record leaves in superposed relation inthe book, each said set including three record leaves two of which have stub portions binding them in the book, one

of said two leaves having a weakened detaching line adjacent its stub portion, the third leaf of one respective set being of translucent material and having detachable attach- 

